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Title: Family went to Galt, Canada
Post by: Isobel on Friday 04 March 05 13:40 GMT (UK)

Looking for any information on family who emigrated to Galt, Canada Looking for Hoggs  born in Eskdalemuir, Dumfriesshire, Scotland 1820's then went to Canada.

Title: Re: Family went to Galt, Canada
Post by: tallted on Friday 04 March 05 16:02 GMT (UK)

Isobel,
I have done a little looking and cannot find town, city or village called Galt in Canada.  Would you know the province by any chance.  Also there was a predominant family called Galt, I believe he was the first Hight Commissioner to Canada from the U.K..
Ted

Title: Re: Family went to Galt, Canada
Post by: ~meg on Friday 04 March 05 17:16 GMT (UK)

Hi Isobel,
Galt (now part of the city of Cambridge) is in the Province of Ontario, Waterloo County.  Here are a couple of website suggestions:

Ontario GenWeb for Waterloo County:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~onwaterl/index.html

Ontario Vital Statistics Project:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~onvsr/

You might also be interested in this site which gives a brief history of Galt:
http://cambridgeweb.net/historical/galt.html


~meg

Title: Re: Family went to Galt, Canada
Post by: jeffH on Saturday 05 March 05 06:59 GMT (UK)

You can find a transcription of the 1851 census for Galt at this site:

http://www.waterlooogs.ca/census.htm

There are no "Hoggs" listed but there are a couple "Hogg" from Scottland born in the 1820's.

Jeff